You probably need to press a key when prompted with “Press Any Key to Boot from CD…”. Put in the Windows XP installation CD into CDROM drive and boot up the computer by using the CD.In the BIOS, also set the CD or DVD optical drive as the first boot device in the boot sequence.Else, you can also create an Windows XP install disc with the SATA drivers integrated by using tool such as nLite. If you have PATA (normal IDE) hard disk, simply go to BIOS CMOS to disable SATA or Native SATA mode if you don’t want to install Windows XP on SATA hard drive.
If the system has SATA (Serial ATA) hard drive, locate the driver for SATA controller and put it in USB flash drive, diskette or CD first. (How-to Guide: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad recovery CD) If your OEM doesn’t provide you with recovery CD/DVD discs and Windows setup media discs (it’s because they’re stored in the hard disk in hidden location), you may want to burn a copy of recovery CD to CD/DVD first before you proceed, just in case the hidden partition is lost and you want to recover your computer to original state. Ensure that also you have CD or DVD setup media for the software applications that you want to install and use after wiping off your system from Vista. You can also create a second partition with disk management utilities such as Acronis Director or Partition Magic, and then move the data files to the new partition. Backup to USB flash disk, external portable hard disk or CD/DVD every data files and any other things such as documents, downloads, pictures, movies, programs and etc that you need and want to keep. The Windows Vista serial number won’t works with XP. You will also need a XP product key even if you legally can downgrade from Windows Vista Ultimate or Business edition. You can also use Volume Licensing (VL) CD, retail (FPP) disc, or system builder hologram CD provided by Microsoft. Copy the drivers files to a USB flash driver or external hard drive or burn them to CD/DVD. Download all drivers for your system for Windows XP from the manufacturer’s website. However, each system configuration is different, so you may have to adapt the steps to suit your own need. Here’s a simple guide and procedures that you can try to follow to switch to Windows XP. 
To downgrade to Windows XP from Windows Vista, you have to basically delete the whole hard disk that installed with Windows Vista, and start anew with Windows XP. For those who totally fed up with Windows Vista and just want Windows XP, or prefer a clean installation of OS has only this option to rely on.
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